Specific situations related to acute schistosomiasis in Pernambuco, Brazil

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Constança Simões Barbosa²  Silvia Maria Lucena Montenegro²  Frederico Guilherme Coutinho Abath²  Ana Lúcia Coutinho Domingues¹ 

[1] ,Fiocruz Centro de Pesquisas Aggeu Magalhães

关键词: acute schistosomiasis;    environmental epidemiology;    snail vectors;    Pernambuco;    Brazil;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0074-02762001000900026

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The present work reports on two epidemiological episodes resulting in acute schistosomiasis involving wealthy persons living in the State of Pernambuco, Brazil. The authors discuss the epidemiological, clinical and serologic characteristics of the acute infections and also the way in which the conditions for transmission occurred.

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